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This introduction discusses the possible impact of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, which dismantled the ability of school boards to act affirmatively to desegregate their schools by assigning students to schools beyond their neighborhoods as sanctioned in the Court's 1971 decision in Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education. In addition, because this action will lead to de facto segregated schools by race and...

This study examined Nigerian Primary School teachers' assessment of Active Learning Technique (ALT).A total of 120 male and female primary school teachers were purposively sampled from the North central geo-political zone of Nigeria.The sampled primary school teachers were participants at a Mathematics workshop organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).Out of the 120 participants expected at the workshop, only 85 participated in all the...

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesVolume 46, Issue 3 p. 17911C-17912C TOGO–FRANCE: Defence Agreements and Training First published: 21 April 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2009.02280.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have...

In order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Nigeria adopts both formal and non-formal approaches to provide basic education for its citizenry. Thus, to determine the effectiveness of the non-formal approach in providing basic education in Nigeria, this study examines the competency level of Nigerian non-formal education learners on a life-skills achievement test. The test was administered to a sample of 876 learners. The competency level in life-skills of the majority of the...

This study investigated HIV/AIDS preventive health education involving nurses alone (IG1) and another involving both nurses and trained parents/ guardians (IG2) on students' knowledge of HIV/AIDS' transmission and prevention in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Subjects included 339 students selected through a multistage and stratified random sampling technique. A pre-test/post-test intervention design with control group was used. Data were obtained using questionnaire, and analysis involved the use...

The impact of a nutrition education program combined with an increase in bioavailable dietary iron to treat iron deficiency anemia (IDA) has never been studied in adolescent girls. The impact of an intensive dietary program for the treatment of IDA was studied in 34 intervention and 34 control boarding girls aged 12 to 17 years from Benin. A quasi‐experimental design comprising 4 weeks of nutrition education combined with an increase in the content and bioavailability of dietary iron for 22...

The seismicity depth distribution in the central and southern East African Rift System (EARS) is investigated using available catalogs from local, regional and global networks. We select well-determined events and make a re-assessment of these catalogs, including a relocation of 40 events and, where necessary, a declustering. About 560 events are finally used for determining foci depth distribution within 6 areas of the EARS. Assuming that short-term deformation expressed by seismicity...

The human resources crisis in Africa is especially acute in the public health field. Through distance education, the School of Public Health of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, has provided access to master's level public health education for health professionals from more than 20 African countries while they remain in post. Since 2000, interest has increased overwhelmingly to a point where four times more applications are received than can be accommodated. This home-grown...

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the status of quality assurance and accreditation systems within higher education institutions in Yemen. The paper initially describes the stages of development and changes that have occurred in the field of quality and accreditation in Yemeni higher education. The paper shows that no formal mechanisms for quality assurance and accreditation processes have been fully developed within higher education institutions in Yemen. In...

Regional Climate Change Index (RCCI), is developed based on regional mean precipitation change, mean surface air temperature change, and change in precipitation and temperature interannual variability. The RCCI is a comparative index designed to identify the most responsive regions to climate change, or HotSpots. The RCCI is calculated for Seven land regions over North Africa and Arabian region from the latest set of climate change projections by 14 global climates for the A1B, A2 and B1 IPCC emission scenarios.

Scientists, educators, and students from many parts of the worlds are not able to take advantage of ICT because the digital divide is growing and prevents less developed countries to exploit its benefits. Instead of becoming more empowered and involved in worldwide developments, they are becoming increasingly marginalised as the world of education and science becomes increasingly Internet-dependent.

Background:Stillbirth rate is an important indicator of access to and quality of antenatal and delivery care. Data on birth outcomes are important for planning maternal and child health care services in developing countries. There is little or no literature on the stillbirth rate in north-eastern Nigeria. This may be the first study to serve as the baseline data in Maiduguri. Objective: This study aimed at determining the prevalence and identifying the risk factors contributing to foetal...

Breast Cancer has been known to be the most common cancer and second principal cause of cancer death in women. However, the adherence to recommended breast cancer screening guidelines is low especially in Africa.It may be necessary to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast cancer screening among nurses who are in good position to educate people.A cross sectional study of 183 nurses was carried out in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, using a close ended questionnaire...

Given the rapid pace of change, the environment in which today's accountants work has become far more demanding. In response to these demands, accountants are having to upgrade their skills and, in particular, to become highly computer literate and acquire skills such as communication, analytical and interpersonal skills. The objective of this study was to determine the perceptions of training officers of the levels of these skills and computer capabilities among entry-level trainee...

(1) Institute for Environment and Sustainability Joint Research Centre, Ispra (VA), Italy (paulo.barbosa@jrc.it), (2) Institute for Environment and Sustainability Joint Research Centre, Ispra (VA), Italy (blaz.kurnik@jrc.it), (3) Institute for Environment and Sustainability Joint Research Centre, Ispra (VA), Italy (juergen.vogt@jrc.it), (4) Somalia Water and Land Information Management System, Nairobi, Kenya (hgadain@faoswalim.org)